A Coach's Diary

Bill Beswick is a British applied sports psychologist, educator, and coach known for his work in team performance, elite sport, and coaching development. What is sports psychology? Beswick says a sports psychologist is someone who helps athletes, teams, and coaches improve their performance by helping them overcome mental and emotional barriers. His goal is to make better athletes and better people who are more able to write their own story in a positive and effective way. We all have barriers that we have to remove to become our best selves, and sports psychologists help us remove those barriers. But how? Beswick says he helps athletes change the way they think by giving them another language or framework they can use to talk to and coach themselves.  The Framework Beswick follows a simple 3 question framework: 1 - What do you want? 2 - How badly do you want? 3 - How much are you willing to suffer? Beswick’s three questions work because they cut straight to motivation, commitment...

“You can often succeed with limited talent but never with limited attitude. Performance begins in the head, and successful people think differently from unsuccessful people." - Bill Beswick Bill Beswick is a sports psychologist who helps athletes, teams, and coaches improve their performance by helping them overcome mental and emotional barriers. He says sports psychology is about dealing with your own doubts, fears, and anxieties so you can maximize yourself and your potential. It's about letting the positive you defeat the negative you. He said it's a battle of you vs you. Every day when we wake up, we get to make a decision about who we are going to be. Every day, we choose if we are going to be a fighter or a victim. Fighters find a way, and victims find excuses. Bill asks the athletes he works with three questions: 1 - What do you want? 2 - How badly do you want? 3 - How much are you willing to suffer? A lot of people are unclear about what they want in...